Calibrating high-z QSO masses using near-IR and optical spectra

Using the newly commissioned Fiber-Multi-Object-Spectrograph at the Subaru telescope, we obtained near-IR spectra of a sample of 19 AGNs at 0.6 < z < 2.6, selected from the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey (NDWFS) Bootes field, in order to calibrate high-z black hole mass (MBH) estimators. MBHs are generally determined through the kinematics of ionized gas clouds around the black hole assuming virial equilibrium. The velocity profiles of $H{\beta}/H{\alpha}$, MgII and CIV are used to infer the gas kinematics of low-z, mid-z, and high-z quasars, respectively. However, the MBH based on MgII and CIV is not very well calibrated. We compare the $H{\alpha}$ - based MBH estimates from the new FMOS near-IR spectra, with the MgII-based MBH estimates from our existing optical spectra, and investigate the systematic differences.